DECK SLAB POURING SEQUENCE Sequence of deck slab concreting shall follow as per drawing no: CS/S-12.

Rev 2. and the purpose is to minimize upward deflections in previously placed spans. For continuous steel bridges with span lengths greater than 200 feet. The deck placement sequence guidelines are below: 1. Positive moment spans shall be poured prior to pouring negative moment area; 2. Construction joints at each point of dead load contraflexure point shall be shown in the deck placement plan; 3. Longer span between points of contraflexure shall be placed before shorter adjacent span. 4. Positive moment pours in adjacent spans shall be separated by 72 hours; In order to minimize the shrinkage of the deck, the selective of low shrinkage concrete mix and concreting time had been limited; only allow the concreting work at evening time with the lower temperature. It is to prevent the aggressive loss of water through evaporation process during the hot day. The following figure illustrates the deck placement sequence for the Batukawa Bridge . It consist 8 spans with total length of 292m. The total of 15 pouring required for the whole bridge.
14 M+ Abutment B 15 12 13 M10 M+ 11 M8 M+ 9 M6 M+ 7 M4 M+ 5 2 3 M1 M+ Abutment A

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M- M+

PREPARATION BEFORE CONCRETING

Sealing gap using between formwork and girders

Cleaning the formwork before concreting

CHECKING BEFORE CONCRETING WORK Inspection for formworkFormwork support and tie rod Formwork dimension Gap for formwork checked and sealed Cleanliness of formwork Depth of concreting

650mm

Finish level marking (bottom red tape) Deflection monitoring rod

Inspection for Reinforcement barSize and spacing of rebar check Lapping Concrete cover/ spacers block check Final concrete level marked
Sufficient lapping > 600mm

Sufficient bottom cover and side cover

Expansion joint checked Left construction joint at deck slab for future expansion joint installation

Construction joints

Construction joint location checked (As per drawing)

M&E conduit / Pipe / opening installation and checked.

Protection of bolt tread during concreting

Installation of anchor bolt for hand rail

Proper sealed

Drainage outlet for runoff water

Deflection monitoring rod, reserved recess for 30mm cover. The re-bar shall cut off after monitoring and patch back with cement mortar as cover of deck slab.

CONCRETING WORKS FOR DECK SLAB

Slump test for pump mix 125 25mm sufficient workability to flow.

120mm

Cube prepared 6 nos per set (3 nos for 7days and 3 nos for 28 days), total of 3 set for 65m during the 1st pouring. Minimum required 20m per set.

CURING FOR DECK SLAB

Cover with plastic sheet after toweling the concrete surface.

Apply curing compound sika Antisol-A

Cover with plastic sheet

Apply curing compound

Spraying water to prevent aggressive evaporation during day time.

CONSTRUCTION JOINTS PREPARATION

Apply retarder at the formwork of the construction joint.

Roughened the surface next day using wire brush to expose aggregates before 2nd casting.

CONCRETING WORK FOR POUR No. 2 (17th Aug) & No. 3 (19th AUG)

Concreting work at late evening time using pump mix.

Concreting works for parapet handrail and concrete kerb

Parapet handrail Tie Rod Formwork support

Road Kerb .

Concreting works for 3rd pour deck slab at 19th Aug 2011.

Checking depth of concrete deck , cover and spacer block Sealed the gap between formwork and steel girders with sponge

Checked and marked finish level of deck before concreting

Sufficient vibrate at the edge and construction joint area.

FOOTPATH CONCRETE COVER

Steel frame for footpath 1 Layer of BMC A5 laid Concreting of footpath concrete cover